Winging It with Frank and Sammy!

Frank and Sammy celebrate one year of the podcast with a special live recording at Frank's store: Wild Birds Unlimited.
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Wood Thrush recording by Stanislas Wroza: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Hylocichla-mustelina

Frank and Sammy discuss different tricks and techniques to learn different bird songs and calls! Let's practice birding by ear!
 
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Join us for a live podcast recording at 2 p.m. on August 8th, 2026, at Wild Bird Unlimited Ventura: 4020 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93003
 
Recordings from https://xeno-canto.org/:
Bobby Wilcox: Ovenbird
Brian Henderson: Pacific Wren
Ed Pandolfino: Western Tanager
Greg Irving: American Robin, Black-headed Grosbeak, Brown Creeper, Great Blue Heron, Killdeer, Olive-sided Flycatcher
Jennifer Lavers: Little Penguin
John Middleton: Swainson’s Warbler
Mario Reyes Jr.: Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo
Paul Marvin: Clark’s Nutcracker
Richard E. Webster: Ash-throated Flycatcher, California Quail, Kentucky Warbler, Phainopepla, Red-tailed Hawk
Sue Riffe: Northern Yellow Warbler
Stanislas Wroza: American Goldfinch, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Towhee, Eastern Whip-poor-will, Indigo Bunting, Wood Thrush
 

Frank and Sammy give some pro tips to up your backyard bird feeder game: what to do and what not to do!
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Wood Thrush recording by Stanislas Wroza: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Hylocichla-mustelina

Frank and Sammy explain how to join the California Bird Atlas project while exploring Southern California's beaches in search of nesting Snowy Plovers! 🪺
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Wood Thrush recording by Stanislas Wroza: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Hylocichla-mustelina

Frank and Sammy recap Sammy's recent trip back to Belize, with special guest Dawn Cohen!
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In this special Easter episode, Frank and Sammy talk all about eggs!
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After last week's episode about the weird mating rituals of the bird world, Frank and Sammy turn their attention to the next phase in the process: nesting!
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Bird Nests of the World by Mamoru Suzuki: https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Nests-World-Mamoru-Suzuki/dp/0985299703
Wood Thrush recording by Stanislas Wroza: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Hylocichla-mustelina

During this Valentine's season, Frank and Sammy discuss the weird and wacky mating rituals of birds!
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Wood Thrush recording by Stanislas Wroza: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Hylocichla-mustelina
 

Due to some technical difficulties from the last recording, Frank and Sammy re-review the Big Year movie, comparing it to the YouTube Documentary "Listers".
Lister's YouTube documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&t=4s
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It's a New Year, and Frank and Sammy discuss what that means to birders!
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Lister's YouTube documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&t=4s
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